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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Iowa rates for HCPCS 65820

This eye surgery lowers pressure inside the eye by creating or improving a drainage pathway for the fluid inside it. It is generally used to treat glaucoma and is typically a planned, scheduled procedure rather than emergency treatment for a sudden pressure spike.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$4,332

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,175 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,660 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 12th of 51

$4,332

$1,514 physician + $2,818 facility

AK $8,807SC $1,633

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.